Adventure
ArchiveOutside magazine, October 1996 Recreation:Warning: Trail Closures Next 3,000 Miles The Park Service settles out of court, and an ominous new era looms By Florence Williams Upon learning that two government agencies had agreed to pay him and his fellow plaintiffs…
Outside magazine, April 1996 Kiss, Kiss, It’s Uta Pippig! The fastest woman who ever ran Boston, on foes, fears, and the perils of German cheesecake By John Tayman When Hollywood makes the movie of Uta Pippig’s life, Meg Ryan will get the…
Outside magazine, January 1997 Man Overboard An unconventional eulogy for a most unconventional friend By Randy Wayne White On a moonless night some years ago, my friend Bobby Fizer jumped without warning from a speeding boat into a dark saltwater…
Review: Hardware and Software, January 1997 Scarpa T3 Telemark Boot By Andrew Tilin Telemark skiers tend to be purists. no matter how warm, waterproof, supportive, and durable boots made of plastic may be, the hard core scoff that they just don’t flex like…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Books: The Smug and the Homey By Miles Harvey Notes from a Small Island: An Affectionate Portrait of Britain, by Bill Bryson (William Morrow, $25). As his previous works, such as The Lost Continent, have so delightfully demonstrated,…
Gone Summering, July 1998 Avast Ye, Matey – Find Your Own Damn Cove The Maine coast has more landmarks than names. Much to the delight of possessive types. By Tracy Kidder TŠte-€-TŠte with Penobscot Bay…
Dispatches, July 1998 Sport A Man Among Prettyboys Mitch Kahn, venerable dean of an unsung sport, prepares once more to defend his title By Bill Donahue There’s something Mitch Kahn wants you to know: He’s nothing like Mitch Buchanan,…
 Out Front, October 1997 Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot … Together again: the noble, the menacing, the triumphant, the pratfalling, and other unforgettable elements of the outdoor universe GEORGE WILLIG ———————- The Human Fly has been grounded…
Out Front, October 1997 Sorry, No Can Do Five athletic achievements you might as well give up on now By Todd Balf In the last two decades, all manner of lofty athletic goals have fallen by the wayside. Miguel Indurain…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 My Type of Gomorrah, Aspen Is Yes, all you naysayers, skiing and caviar do mix By Craig Vetter Aspen Mountain, the red-hot center of schuss-n-glitz, celebrates the golden anniversary of Lift 1 this year, and despite…
Dispatches, May 1997 Art: Let’s Just Say It’s Not Whistler’s Mother By Peter Von Ziegesar “You can compare his work to the grueling physicality of climbing a mountain or negotiating a whitewater stream,” enthuses Robert Riley, curator of media arts at the…
Outside magazine, January 1998 The 1998 Outside Prognosticator Curious events to unfold in the coming year throughout the worlds of outdoor endeavor, environment, amphibians By David Rakoff Gotham Embraces Gator Reintroduction Scheme; Rats say “Rats” Remember the good old…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Equipage: Watch Your Backside, Fido… But fear for your life, O woolly mammoth By Michael Finkel “I’m the first person in a couple thousand years to bring home the bacon using this weapon,” says William “Atlatl Bob” Perkins.
Outside magazine, June 1996 Sniff the Granite, Grasshopper Summiting America’s Matterhorn may not be easy, but that lingering smell alone is worth the effort By Chip Brown The night before the climb we turned in early, wasted and footsore. We had hiked…
Outside magazine, September 1996 Sport: Did Not. Did Too. Did Not… After a semi-successful Cuba–U.S. swim attempt, a feud is born By Paul Kvinta Susie Maroney has had better mornings. At 6 a.m. on June 8, just two hours after leaving Havana…
Outside magazine, September 1996 Out There: The Big Queasy Feeling a touch of seasickness? Try giving conventional wisdom a heave. By Randy Wayne White Recently I was forced to notify the Human Movement and Balance Unit of the United Kingdom’s Medical…
He rescued some of the West's hallowed lands. He became one of the most influential environmental leaders of the century. In the process, he sacrificed friends, family, and anyone who couldn't keep up. Now, alone in the twilight, how does the archdruid make peace with it all?
 Outside magazine, March 1997 Lost At Sea Tragic are the people of the lovely Marshall Islands. When America exploded the A-bomb it took their homes, and when it gave comfort it took their ambition, and when it offered only craven solutions it…
Outside magazine, May 1996 Great Openings “As a former academic and a natural history book reviewer I was astonished to discover, on being threatened with a two-month exile to the primary jungles of Borneo, just how fast a man can read. Powerful as your scholarly instincts…
Sin in the Wild Outdoors, June 1997 We Confess Pride goeth before a fall, as any climber knows. But what about the other deadly sins that flesh is heir to? Gee, there’s nothing like fresh air and sunshine, vigorous exercise, working up…
Outside magazine, June 1999 Montana, the Dry Run Liquid Louie’s was fun, but still no match for the impossibly blue horizon My Delta, Myself | A Little Good, Clean Lust…
Outside magazine, August 1995 Update: Up in Smoke By Carl Hoffman “We made hundreds of repairs and improvisations, and one of them failed–but how can you think of everything?” So said Darryl Greenamyer, an adventure pilot who last spring attempted to complete a unique…
Outside magazine, August 1996 The Book On: Decathlon For Dan O’Brien, the chance to atone for ’92 has finally come By Mark Jannot Fewer shadows in track and field are longer–or stranger–than the one that Dan O’Brien has cast over the…
Dispatches, May 1998 SPORT Some Kind of Hero After bringing new meaning to “Olympic Gold,” Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati returns to a festive welcome By Bill Donahue On a blustery, gray day in Whistler, British Columbia, we gather shoulder-to-shoulder…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 Dyn-O-Mite! A visual history of all the gear we couldn’t — and still can’t — do without By Andrew Tilin and Mike Grudowski The Best of Toys, the Worst of Toys Endless…
Outside magazine, December 1997 Solo Faces A black outdoorsman takes a wilderness census, and finds it disturbingly light By Eddy L. Harris Night was falling all around the dusty mountains of southeastern Utah. It was a warm, clear…
Review, June 1997 Books: The Woods Divided By Miles Harvey Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon (Henry Holt, $28). In 1763, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two British surveyors, embarked on a perilous trek through Indian-controlled wilderness to establish a…
But how long before Mother Nature stops taking it and starts dishing it out? Soon, say the Earth Changers. Very, very soon.
Dispatches, September 1998 Science Jim Will Now Subdue the Panda by Killing It To the relief of wildlife everywhere, animal darting cleans up its act By Steve Hendrix Last May, when California Fish and Game warden Dave Smith…
Don't let Lance hog the fun. Here's how to ride your own epic stage of the world's greatest cycling race.
For decades, no one has dared to run the treacherous lengths of the waters that helped launch the modern age of exploration. Civil war, freelance rebels, capricious bandits, irascible hippos, surly crocs, billions of malarial mosquitoes, and scores of rapids so deadly they're rated a suicidal Class VI—all have conspired…
Pilot an ultralight and what do you get? A bird's-eye view of the world and a dose of the maverick spirit of flying.
An innovative dive outfitter lays plans to build a futuristic platform resort—right next to the reef
Forget space aliens and serial killers—the latest movie monster is global warming
Stacy Peralta, the director of "Dogtown and Z-Boys," is about to drop his next boarding epic, "Riding Giants," into a theatre near you—and now the Hollywood big time is calling. Josh McHugh rolls up on the auteur of the stoked set.
For champion cyclist and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, yellow is more than just the color of the Tour de France’s leader jersey. It’s a symbol for hope, courage, and perseverance. Today, more than 47.5 million LIVESTRONG wristbands have been sold since they were first made available in May of 2004…
The growing pains of a man-child and world champion
THE FANTASY DIVE-TRIP COCKTAIL...Take 1,190 coral outposts in the Indian Ocean, add one deluxe catamaran, one dive dhoni, a large splash of sapphire-blue water, and stir.
You'll hit more surf than pavement on this 250-mile pleasure drive around the Big Island
April 14, 2004 conservation, animal rights Paris Hilton models one of Danny Seo’s seal-protest fashions Canadian wildlife officials are currently tallying the number of seals harvested in this year’s Atlantic seal hunt—one of the largest seal culls to occur in decades. The hunt is part of a…
World Champion surfer Andy Irons—our May coverboy—has a pre-season workout that proves pro-surfing's not for slackers. See if you can keep up.
Can a monster swell be tracked down and hunted like some great beast? That's the mad mission of the $3 million Billabong Odyssey, surfing's rapid-response quest to find and ride the biggest wave in history?
In adventure as in life, wisdom is passed down from father to son. Or not.
Help Wanted: Exum Mountain Guides, the country's premier climbing service, is looking for supremely talented alpinists with world-class résumés for seasonal work in the Tetons. Must be willing to follow in the footsteps of legends. If qualified, don't bother calling. We'll find you.
Over the past few months, Outside readers submitted their tails of adventure and altruism to be considered for our “Volunteer Vacations” project in partnership with USA Weekend magazine. We’re glad to say we’ve received some great, heartwarming stories from people who gave back to the communities they visited.
The hottest transgender talent in professional sports is making the competition see pink
Timmy O’Neill’s adventurous spirit was fostered in the urban open spaces surrounding his childhood home in Philadelphia. He learned to kayak at the age of five, and later explored the boundaries of Fernwood cemetery and the banks of Cob’s Creek in search of excitement—which usually involved burned-out cars and run…
Over 170 of the world’s best—and craziest—athletes tested their mettle at Crested Butte’s 2004 Saab U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships last month (February 25 through 28), each hoping to beat the competition with hair-raising runs down the mountain’s steep and technical Extreme Limits terrain. extreme skiing, Colorado Airborne at the…
Outside‘s March 2004 article “Facing the Fall Line” chronicles big-mountain snowboarder Steven Koch’s quest to become the first to summit Everest and then set a never-before-attempted line down its treacherous North Face. Accompanying Koch on the Everest expedition was mountaineer-photographer Jimmy Chin, who captured the powerful images that accompanied…
Good! Let's talk about what our experience of the wilderness has lost now that it's cheap and easy to stay connected—no matter how far out there you go. Ted Kerasote explores the new wired wild.
When Stephen Koch set out to snowboard the insanely steep Hornbein Couloir on Everest, he knew he might die trying. He chose life.
Eco-stylist Danny Seo has charisma, a fabulous new line of hipster clothing, a reality-TV show in development, and a posse of hot young actors swooning over his righteous aura. Meet the guru who's transforming America one earth-friendly Hollywood makeover at a time.
Welcome to Ghana, where commuting is a nightmare—and optimism is a bright-yellow bike of one's own
Seeking enlightenment and risking death, an American Muslim takes on the pilgrimage to Mecca—the world's greatest and toughest spiritual adventure
Freeskier Seth Morrison, 30, thinks nothing of hucking off 60-foot mountain ledges. Snowboarder Keir Dillon, 26, routinely performs McTwists 15 feet above halfpipe lips. Speed skater Derek Parra, 33, powers around an ice oval at 25 miles per hour. All three are superb athletes, but which of them is the…
What happens when a veteran mountain guide has to follow someone else's lead for a day of heli-skiing? Heads swell, powder flies, and somebody gets handed a big slice of humble pie. Dave Hahn confesses.
Five-time Tour champ Lance Armstrong talks about cancer, EPO, and the prospect of making cycling history.
When Outside editor-at-large Hampton Sides interviewed Lance Armstrong for the July 2004 issue, the five-time Tour champion was being kneaded—buck naked—on a massage table in the Hollywood home of his rock-star girlfriend, Sheryl Crow. Here, read the complete, unabridged transcript of their discussion. OUTSIDE: Did you ever imagine that…
The Tour's new scandal: Elite cyclists are mysteriously dropping dead
Lose the contacts and get visionary with the first prescription sunglasses designed for a multisport lifestyle
After years of leading us on, carmakers roll out the first generation of off-road-ready hybrids
So you think it's legal to yak on that walkie-talkie? Check the owner's manual, bub.
Hidalgo tells the true story of hero Frank Hopkins. Too bad it's all hogwash.
The dream of a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic to the riches of Asia has driven explorers and visionary adventurers for centuries. With climate change in the air, Natasha Singer braves the frigid 900-mile journey to find out if the old, mythic dream is becoming an epic new reality.
We’ll show you where to find America’s most romantic retreats, what to pack for a sizzling camping trip, and more, in this online package coming February 1!…